What Is New In WPF 4.5
As you may be aware, WPF 4.5 was released sometime back. Just as every other product or technology that undergoes a version update, WPF also brings a number of new/enhanced features to the table.Let’s...
View ArticleAre You Design-Driven? Probably Not.
The phrase “design-driven” seems to be used a lot these days. From design blogs to books on building corporate culture to marketing campaigns, everyone either thinks they are “design-driven” or need to...
View ArticleInteraction Design with Clutter Free UI
If you're much like this fella, you probably get sick of all the garbage that most professional software tools foist on you. Bagillions of floating or docked panels, inspectors, property sheets, menus,...
View ArticleCodeMash 2013: Event Recap
Stellar Sessions, Good times, Great folks!Last week, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the CodeMash event in Sandusky, Ohio. Hailing from Detroit, it was great to be back in my childhood...
View ArticleSurface RT versus Surface PRO
As of January 15th 2013, the Surface Pro hasn’t been formally launched. However preliminary reports and sneak previews have been making their presence felt. Based on these, here is a tentative...
View ArticleAvoid Errors When Defining Resources with the Ignite UI Loader
When defining resources in the $.ig.loader options, you have the option to explicitly load all the scripts associated with the control itself, load a selection of its features and even a load using a...
View ArticleWindows 8 Development Tips #7: Get creative with grid item sizes
One of the defining aspects of Windows 8 is the grid view layout that many application hubs use. These horizontally panning lists of items are used everywhere from the Start Screen tiles to many of...
View ArticleBid farewell to Microsoft Messenger
I guess the writing was on the wall when Microsoft bought Skype back in 2011. But the news is now official. The once ubiquitous messenger app, Microsoft Messenger, is soon to be retired and replaced...
View ArticleThe year of SharePoint 2013?
2013 is now firmly upon us. As the holidays become a distant memory, and our thoughts turn to getting back into shape in the New Year, what kind of condition is SharePoint 2013 in? What does 2013 hold...
View ArticleHow to connect to Analysis Services from the iPad with ReportPlus
When we built SharePlus, we saw an opportunity in bridging one massively used server side technology such as Microsoft SharePoint, with a new family of technologies, such as the iPad and iPhone.We saw...
View ArticleWindows 8 Development Tips #8: Don't be afraid to break the mold
If you ask enough people what they think about the Windows 8 UI, you would begin to think that every single application looks the same. Many people seem to have this mistaken opinion that we're...
View ArticleUX of Responsive Web Design
What is Responsive Web Design?Ethan Marcotte first used the term Responsive Web Design in his article in A List Apart in May of 2010. Marcotte explains that designing for every screen size and device...
View ArticleWhyyy Are You Still Designing With Static Wireframes?!?
Why?? Seriously. Interaction prototyping is so much more effective.Honestly, it's a little baffling to me when I see the disconnect between theory and practice in UX/interaction design when it comes to...
View ArticleiOS Tips and Tricks: Working in the Background
Sometimes it feels like there is nothing worse than when you're in an application and you are stuck waiting for it to do some long operation, such as downloading a file or doing some kind of long...
View ArticleNetAdvantage for Windows Forms Release Notes - January: 12.1, 12.2 Service...
With every release comes a set of release notes that reflects the state of resolved bugs and new additions from the previous release. You’ll find these notes useful to help determine the resolution of...
View ArticleWhat Is A UX Consultant?
Here at Infragistics we offer lots of exciting UIproducts, products that we think really help our customers build beautiful interfaces. But did you also know we offer a UXconsultancyservice? We offer...
View ArticleUser Experience Research & Motorcycle Racing
I race motorcycles. I’m also a 20+ year veteran of user experience research. Believe it or not there are similarities. When I race, I have my knee on the ground as I lean the bike through the turns...
View ArticleHow to use TFS on a Mac
Here at Infragistics, we're primarily a Microsoft shop. And Like any good Microsoft shop, we use TFS for everything, from planning our next features to handling our source control to managing our bugs....
View ArticleTechnology and trends to look forward to in 2013
It is the time of year again, when many of us look back (or forward in this case) and review the big technology trends. In this post I’d like to look at the technology and gadgets that we can to look...
View ArticleTomorrow’s Webinar: How to Build an HTML5/JS Single Page Application
Please join me for tomorrow’s (January 30, 2013) webinar. 11:00 AM ESTGain a solid introduction Single Page Applications (SPAs), a format growing in popularity as the world embraces HTML5/JS....
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